Hundred thousand altar boys have arrived from 20 countries of the world: warm welcome on St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis participants in the international pilgrimage of the altar boys of the badociation Coetus internationalis ministrantium (Cim). The pontiff returned with the same attitude, making a long tour of the crowded areas of the square and pushing himself by jeep in the middle of the Via della Conciliazione, crowded like Piazza Pio XII. A "peaceful invasion" characterized above all by the Germanic language spoken by the altar boys and altar boys and the young adults badigned to the altar service came mainly from Germany ( 60 thousand) and Austria (4 thousand). very high percentage of girls performing the service at the altar: almost 50% of participants. This year's motto is "Seek peace and pursue it". To relieve the heat, some fountains were used on St. Peter's Square and water bottles were distributed to all participants and a series of instructions to not feel bad: drinking, eating fruits, to wash the head and to wear a hat
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